Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times 25,000-plus onlookers were struck dumb by tension and anticipation , a hiccup resounding like a roar . |
| 2 | The team 's trips are organised long in advance , in minute detail . |
| 3 | The ministry 's brief would be to ‘ make sure women 's voices are heard loud and clear in the very centre of power ’ . |
| 4 | One of Herrera 's supporters was shot dead by a US soldier . |
| 5 | Apart from these quarterly meetings , and monthly financial reports , Iveco 's directors are given considerable freedom in their day to day management . |
| 6 | On Jan. 25 one of Théodore 's bodyguards was shot dead and Théodore himself was beaten during an attack by gunmen on the headquarters of the MRN in Port-au-Prince where Théodore was meeting parliamentarians . |
| 7 | Hare 's sights are set high , but he thinks it best not to listen to those who predict a bright future for him . |
| 8 | Hare 's sights are set high , but he thinks it best not to listen to those who predict a bright future for him . |
| 9 | The magical imp lost his marker and guided a far post header past Hitchcock , but Everton 's celebrations were cut short by David Lee 's admirable goal-line clearance . |
| 10 | He has guarded fiercely against the band 's tapes being made public but listening to them years on , it is difficult to understand his uneasiness and it seems a loss to fans . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , most of the Crown 's powers were left intact in 1689 . |
| 12 | Some would take this view , arguing along the lines of the story of Christ healing the lepers , that some of God 's gifts are given free to men who may then go and abuse them . |
| 13 | ( The Siege of Troy is available in the same series and is my own favourite of the three , with Helen , Menelaus , Hector and Achilles , and Memnon with the ‘ dark cloud ’ of his warriors from countries so hot that men 's skins are burnt black and nothing is white about them except their teeth . |
| 14 | While Beck 's adventures were cut short , Nick Faldo , beaten by Lyle in last year 's final , went into overtime against David Frost of South Africa before coming through on the 38th hole . |
| 15 | And when relativity came , Newton 's equations were found wanting but not Maxwell 's ; they needed no relativistic correction . |
| 16 | Aideed 's forces are held responsible for many of the gross abuses of human rights in Somalia , mostly against members of the Darod clan . |
| 17 | On this ground the proceedings of the licensing court were either reduced , or the pursuer 's averments were held relevant , in the following circumstances : when two of the members of the court had been employed by the applicant as part-time barmen for a number of years , without remuneration apart from money gifts at holiday periods : McDonald v. Fin lay ( supra ) ; when three of the members of the court were shareholders , and one was a director , of the company owning the property for which the certificate was sought , and when that company was closely allied with another company , the officials and directors of both being the same persons , on whose behalf the certificate was applied for : Blaik v. Anderson ( 1899 ) 7 S.L.T. 299 ; when a member of the court had recently been a shareholder of the company on whose behalf the certificate was applied for , and he had on previous occasions himself been the applicant on the company 's behalf , he being an avowed and pledged advocate of the company : Ower v. Crichton ( 1902 ) 10 S.L.T. 271 ; when members of a court had , in their capacity as members of a local authority , and with a view to street improvement , taken an active part in negotiating the purchase of licensed premises from brewers , who agreed to pay a sum of money to the local authority if a new licence were obtained for other premises , such as the subject of the application : R. v. Sunderland JJ. [ 1901 ] 2 K.B . |
| 18 | Coverage of Irish women 's issues was considered dangerous and potentially lethal to rising circulation figures . |
| 19 | Melanie 's eyelids were painted blue and her lips coral . |
| 20 | Even the size of the sheets of paper on which the tsar 's letters were written varied , at least in the early seventeenth century , according to the status of the ruler to whom they were addressed . |
| 21 | Motion one six three seeks to ensure that no pre-conference delegates ' meetings are held prior to sections , regional and national conferences . |
| 22 | On ‘ E ’ tariff weekday sailings with Brittany Ferries , disabled drivers ' cars are carried free . |
| 23 | Improvements in firms ' procedures were deemed necessary in many of the firms the Joint Monitoring Unit ( JMU ) visited , but in many cases firms were already implementing them by the time of our visits . |
| 24 | Five µl aliquots were diluted 2-fold with the reaction buffer and either not exposed ( UV- ) or exposed ( UV+ ) to UV ( 254 nm ) for 8 min . |